diff --git a/backend/sslh.py b/backend/sslh.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import ssl
+from cryptography import x509
+import socket
+
+import tls_utils
+from generic_handler import GenericHandler
+
+class SSLHandler(GenericHandler):
+    def connect(self, verification: bool) -> int:
+        if verification:
+            with self.context.wrap_socket(socket.socket(), server_hostname=self.host) as s:
+                s.connect((self.host, self.port))
+                cert = s.getpeercert()
+                return tls_utils.get_cert_expiry_timestamp(cert)
+        else:
+            pem_cert = ssl.get_server_certificate((self.host, self.port), timeout=5)
+            cert = x509.load_pem_x509_certificate(pem_cert.encode())
+            not_after = cert.not_valid_after_utc.timestamp()
+            return not_after
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